London：A Biography

作者: Peter Ackroyd 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2003-04

版次: 2

ISBN: 9780385497718

定价: 156.60

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 848页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

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HerearetwothousandyearsofLondon’shistoryandfolklore,itschroniclersandcriminalsandplaincitizens,itsfoodanddrinkandcountlesspleasures.Blackfriar’sandCharingCross,PaddingtonandBedlam.WestminsterAbbeyandSt.MartinintheFields.Cockneysandvagrants.Immigrants,peasants,andpunks.ThePlague,theGreatFire,theBlitz.Londonatalltimesofdayandnight,andinallkindsofweather.Inwell-chosenanecdotes,keenobservations,andthewordsofhundredsofitscitizensandvisitors,AckroydrevealstheingenuityandgritandvitalityofLondon.Throughauniquethematictourofthephysicalcityanditsinimitablesoul,thecitycomesalive. PeterAckroydisabest-sellingwriterofbothfictionandnonfiction.HehaswontheWhitbreadBiographyAward,theRoyalSocietyofLiterature'sWilliamHeinemannAward(joint),theJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize,andtheGuardianfictionprize.HelivesinnorthLondon.(20010730)--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition. List of Illustrations

Chronology

Acknowledgements

The City as Body

The Sea!

The Stones

Holy! Holy! Holy!

You Be All Law Worthy

Loud and Everlasting

Silence Is Golden

This Companye

Rather Dark and Narrow

Packed to Blackness

Maps and Antiquarians

……
内容简介:
HerearetwothousandyearsofLondon’shistoryandfolklore,itschroniclersandcriminalsandplaincitizens,itsfoodanddrinkandcountlesspleasures.Blackfriar’sandCharingCross,PaddingtonandBedlam.WestminsterAbbeyandSt.MartinintheFields.Cockneysandvagrants.Immigrants,peasants,andpunks.ThePlague,theGreatFire,theBlitz.Londonatalltimesofdayandnight,andinallkindsofweather.Inwell-chosenanecdotes,keenobservations,andthewordsofhundredsofitscitizensandvisitors,AckroydrevealstheingenuityandgritandvitalityofLondon.Throughauniquethematictourofthephysicalcityanditsinimitablesoul,thecitycomesalive.
作者简介:
PeterAckroydisabest-sellingwriterofbothfictionandnonfiction.HehaswontheWhitbreadBiographyAward,theRoyalSocietyofLiterature'sWilliamHeinemannAward(joint),theJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize,andtheGuardianfictionprize.HelivesinnorthLondon.(20010730)--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
目录:
List of Illustrations

Chronology

Acknowledgements

The City as Body

The Sea!

The Stones

Holy! Holy! Holy!

You Be All Law Worthy

Loud and Everlasting

Silence Is Golden

This Companye

Rather Dark and Narrow

Packed to Blackness

Maps and Antiquarians

……